Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has grown to be an almost necessary feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Volkswagen Rabbit isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Rabbit from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Volkswagen Rabbit NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Rabbit is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volkswagen Rabbit air con
One of the fairly common indications that can alert you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we advise you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volkswagen Rabbit.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volkswagen Rabbit
One of the other symptoms that can alert you to a not working air conditioner is that you feel a strange noise is coming on when you turn on your air conditioner (feel free to approach the vents to verify for any suspect noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to spot without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Volkswagen Rabbit
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Rabbit is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different roots of an air conditioning system that no longer functions:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Volkswagen Rabbit THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the most important triggers of a Volkswagen Rabbit air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Rabbit, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated content on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Changing the air conditioning clutch: you will need to spend around 150 euros for parts and around 100 euros more for labour.
Searching for and repairing an air conditioning leak: based on the position of the leak it will cost you more or less, count on average 150/200 euros, counting the air conditioning refill.
Replacement of an air conditioning condenser: you will need to count about 200 euros.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Volkswagen Rabbit costs about 500 euros with labor.
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